creating new user account password.

[Matthew Seaman]

On 23/01/2013 20:06, Fbsd8 wrote:
> I know I can create a new user account having a password same as the
> user name. After logging in the first time using the user account name
> as the password, I want to force the user to create a new password.
> Is there a way to do that?

You can set the password to expire virtually immediately:

   pw usermod -n username -p +1m

or add the '-p +1m' bit to the 'pw useradd' line used to create the account.

I believe this will mean the user is required to set a new password on
login after the password has expired.  Might be an idea to test that though.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

-- 
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.
PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey


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